Do not measure your loss by itself; if you do, it will seem intolerable; but if you will take all human affairs into account you will find that some comfort is to be derived from them.

Truly unexpected tidings make both ears tingle.

There is nothing unpremeditated, nothing neglected by God. His unsleeping eye beholds all things.

He who is guilty of unseemliness with males will be under discipline for the same time as adulterers.

We must always be on guard lest, under the pretext of keeping one commandment, we be found breaking another.

Every divine action begins from the Father, proceeds through the Son, and is completed in the Holy Spirit.

All these stupendous objects are daily around us; but because they are constantly exposed to our view, they never affect our minds, so natural is it for us to admire new, rather than grand objects. Therefore the vast multitude of stars which diversify the beauty of this immense body does not call the people together; but when any change happens therein, the eyes of all are fixed upon the heavens.